working paper

Private sector rice stocks in Bangladesh: Estimated levels and determinants

A methodology for estimating private stocks of grain for effective food planning and management
by Paul A. Dorosh,
Kindie Getnet and
Jenny Smart
IFPRP Working Paper | 2017 | Pages: 35
Open Access | CC BY-4.0
Citation
Dorosh, Paul A.; Getnet, Kindie; and Smart, Jenny. 2017. Private sector rice stocks in Bangladesh: Estimated levels and determinants. IFPRP Working Paper 1. Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI). http://ebrary.ifpri.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15738coll2/id/132230

This paper focuses on the role of private stocks in the Bangladesh foodgrain economy, and presents estimates of the quantities of private stocks in Bangladesh based on data on household-level monthly stocks 1of paddy and rice from the Bangladesh Integrated Household Survey (BIHS), 2010-11 and 2013-14 and other sources.

Topics
Food Security
Countries
Bangladesh
South Asia
Asia
Divisions
Development Strategy and Governance (DSGD)
Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)

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